World Press Freedom Index 2022: Check India’s Rank!

Sakshi Education

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released the 20th World Press Freedom Index 2022, which assesses the state of journalism in 180 countries and territories. The Index highlights the disastrous effects of news and information chaos – the effects of a globalised and unregulated online information space that encourages fake news and propaganda.
India’s ranking in the Index has fallen down to 150th position from last year’s 142nd rank.
The ranking of India’s neighbours, except that of Nepal, has also slid down, with the index placing. Nepal has climbed up by 30 points in the global ranking at 76th position.
Pakistan at 157th position, Sri Lanka 146th, Bangladesh 162nd and Maynmar at 176th position.
Norway (1st) Denmark (2nd), Sweden (3rd) Estonia (4th) and Finland (5th) grabbed the top positions, while North Korea remained at the bottom of the list of the 180 countries and territories.
Russia was placed at 155th position, down from 150th last year, while China climbed up by two positions with the Reporters Without Borders placing it at 175th position. Last year, China was placed at 177th position.
The invasion of Ukraine (106th) by Russia (155th) at the end of February reflects this process, as the physical conflict was preceded by a propaganda war.

World Press Freedom Index 2022 List

Ranking	Country	Score
1	Norway	92.65
2	Denmark	90.27
3	Sweden	88.84
4	Estonia	88.83
5	Finland	88.42
6	Ireland	88.30
7	Portugal	87.07
8	Costa Rica	85.92
9	Lithuania	84.14
10	Liechtenstein	84.03
11	New Zealand	83.54
12	Jamaica	83.35
13	Seychelles	83.33
14	Switzerland	82.72
15	Iceland	82.69
16	Germany	82.04
17	Timor-Leste	81.89
18	Namibia	81.84
19	Canada	81.74
20	Czech Republic	80.54
21	Luxembourg	79.81
22	Latvia	79.17
23	Belgium	78.86
24	UK	78.71
25	Trinidad and Tobago	78.68
26	France	78.53
27	Slovakia	78.37
28	Netherlands	77.93
29	Argentina	77.28
30	Dominican Republic	76.90
31	Austria	76.74
32	Spain	76.71
33	Bhutan	76.46
34	Guyana	76.41
35	South Africa	75.56
36	Cabo Verde	75.37
37	Ivory Coast	74.46
38	Taiwan	74.08
39	Australia	73.77
40	Moldova	73.47
41	Burkina Faso	73.12
42	United States	72.74
43	South Korea	72.11
44	Uruguay	72.03
45	Samoa	71.39
46	Sierra Leone	71.03
47	Belize	70.67
48	Croatia	70.42
49	Tonga	69.74
50	The Gambia	69.25
51	Armenia	68.97
52	Suriname	68.95
53	Andorra	68.79
54	Slovenia	68.54
55	OECS	68.49
56	Romania	68.46
57	North Macedonia	68.44
58	Italy	68.16
59	Niger	67.80
60	Ghana	67.43
61	Kosovo	67.00
62	Papua New Guinea	66.66
63	Montenegro	66.54
64	Mauritius	66.07
65	Cyprus	65.97
66	Poland	65.64
67	Bosnia-Herzegovina	65.64
68	Ecuador	64.61
69	Kenya	64.59
70	Haiti	64.55
71	Japan	64.37
72	Kyrgyzstan	64.25
73	Senegal	63.07
74	Panama	62.78
75	Liberia	62.77
76	Nepal	62.67
77	Peru	61.75
78	Malta	61.55
79	Serbia	61.51
80	Malawi	61.40
81	North Cyprus	61.08
82	Chile	60.61
83	Comoros	60.16
84	Guinea	59.82
85	Hungary	59.80
86	Israel	59.62
87	Maldives	59.55
88	Lesotho	59.39
89	Georgia	59.30
90	Mongolia	59.17
91	Bulgaria	59.12
92	Guinea Bissau	58.79
93	Congo- Brazzaville	58.64
94	Tunisia	58.49
95	Botswana	58.49
96	Paraguay	58.36
97	Mauritania	58.10
98	Madagascar	58.02
99	Angola	57.17
100	Togo	57.17
101	The central African Republic	56.96
102	Fiji	56.91
103	Albania	56.41
104	Chad	56.18
105	Gabon	56.00
106	Ukraine	55.76
107	Burundi	55.74
108	Greece	55.52
109	Zambia	55.40
110	Brazil	55.36
111	Mali	54.48
112	El Salvador	54.09
113	Malaysia	51.55
114	Ethiopia	50.53
115	Thailand	5015
116	Mozambique	49.89
117	Indonesia	49.27
118	Cameroon	49.10
119	Qatar	49.03
120	Jordan	48.66
121	Benin	48.39
122	Kazakhstan	48.28
123	Tanzania	48.28
124	Guatemala	47.94
125	Democratic Republic of Congo	47.66
126	Bolivia	47.58
127	Mexico	47.57
128	South Sudan	47.06
129	Nigeria	46.79
130	Lebanon	46.58
131	Eswatini	46.42
132	Uganda	46.35
133	Uzbekistan	44.74
134	Algeria	45.53
135	Morocco/Western Sahara	45.42
136	Rwanda	45.18
137	Zimbabwe	44.94
138	UAE	44.46
139	Singapore	44.23
140	Somalia	44.01
141	Equatorial Guinea	43.96
142	Cambodia	43.48
143	Libya	43.16
144	Brunei	42.53
145	Colombia	42.43
146	Sri Lanka	42.13
147	Philippines	41.84
148	Hong Kong	41.64
149	Turkey	41.25
150	India	41.00
151	Sudan	40.96
152	Tajikistan	40.26
153	Belarus	39.62
154	Azerbaijan	39.40
155	Russia	38.82
156	Afghanistan	38.27
157	Pakistan	37.99
158	Kuwait	37.87
159	Venezuela	37.78
160	Nicaragua	37.09
161	Laos	36.64
162	Bangladesh	36.63
163	Oman	35.99
164	Djibouti	35.75
165	Honduras	34.61
166	Saudi Arabia	33.71
167	Bahrain	30.97
168	Egypt	30.23
169	Yemen	29.14
170	Palestine	28.98
171	Syria	28.94
172	Iraq	28.59
173	Cuba	27.32
174	Vietnam	26.11
175	China	25.17
176	Myanmar	25.03
177	Turkmenistan	25.01
178	Iran	23.22
179	Eritrea	19.62
180	North Korea	13.92